To feel bothered about this comment or am I overthinking?

[Curlywurly19]

My DD has chicken pox. I rang the chemist as I was a bit worried about some of them, looking inflamed, worried about their healing as it’s day 4 and more coming up and she’s been incredibly itchy despite using virasoothe and camile lotion. Theu were quite abrupt to me about using camile lotion and said I’ll be making them worse. They said bring her in and they’ll have a look. So I did, and I felt like they were judging me instantly for some reason. My DD was a bit quiet and sort of just head down whilst they were looking at the spots. She said ‘’is she normally like this?’’ And I felt like saying no it’s because she had chicken pox and is at the chemist getting them looked at. I just felt like they were judging me, that she was quiet and like they didn’t think she was. A happy child? I’m not sure but their attitude felt very off.

Has chicken pox* not had.

Some people are rude and have bad people skills but still in customer facing jobs. Don’t take it personally and just forget about it.

I see nothing wrong with their question. All they are asking is ‘is she usually a quiet child?’

You're overthinking, that all sounds very standard.

Why did they ask you to bring in a contagious child? Hope they arranged to see you privately so nobody else was exposed.

Abnormally droopy and quiet combined with other symptoms is a cause for concern and may indicate infection brewing, so that’s why they’ll have asked.

Have you tried oats in a sock in the bath? It was the only thing that soothed my friends' child when she was really itchy.

And yes, I agree that they were trying to judge how unwell she was.

Perhaps they were concerned that the illness was making her lethargic and withdrawn. They sound clumsy in their approach but I don’t think it’s anything to be taken personally.

This

Sounds pretty normal to me.
Mountain out of a mole hill, sorry.

Very normal question for them to ask. If you said had said no, that this was unusual for her, it would be an indicator of how unwell she might be. Did you answer the question?

You are being far too sensitive. I don’t think camomile lotion has been recommended for chicken pox for years so they were trying to give you more up to date information. And asking ‘is she normally like this?’ is a fairly sensible question, no?

thanks. I just felt like I was being judged instantly. I am feeling sensitive, I’ve had about two hours sleep last night and hard seeing Dd so uncomfortable and what I’ve tried hasn’t worked. My friend recommended the camile lotion as her Dd has just had them as well.

Why in earth did you take her for medical advice then get pissed off when they asked pertinent questions to enable them to give you that advice?! It’s a standard question.

Isn't the "is she normally like this" comment is a way of guaging how ill she's feeling?

Camomile lotion hasn't been recommended for Chicken Pox for a long time now. My DC are mid 20s and it wasn't used then. Bicarb in the bath seemed to help them.